Word: langs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversy involves art rather than matters of state: where to place a bronze statue of Alfred Dreyfus, who was finally exonerated in 1906. The 12-ft.-high work by the artist and sculptor Tim, a political cartoonist for the magazine L'Express, was commissioned by Culture Minister Jack Lang as part of a program to promote French sculpture. Tim wanted the bronze to be placed in the courtyard of L'Ecole Militaire, the academy where in 1895 Dreyfus was stripped of his rank for allegedly passing secrets to the Germans. But Defense Minister Charles Hernu rejected the idea, claiming that...
...acted against two white government doctors for their treatment of Biko. Surgeon Benjamin Tucker was found guilty of "disgraceful" conduct, including failure to examine Biko properly and allowing police to move the badly injured prisoner 700 miles overland to a prison hospital. The panel also ruled that Surgeon Ivor Lang was guilty of "improper" conduct for, among other things, failing to notice a wound on Biko's forehead...
...council acted only after the supreme court of Transvaal province ordered it to look into Biko's death. Although it could have permanently barred both men from practicing medicine, the council merely barred Tucker for three months and suspended the sentence. Lang was dismissed with a reprimand...
...Auld Lang Syne...
...trend is readily noticeable in the arts and media. Jack Lang, the assertive, France-first Minister of Culture, has dropped his complaints about "American cultural imperialism." The proportion of U.S. programming on French television has increased from 9% only four years ago to 17%. Says Etienne Mougeotte, publisher of Tele 7 Jours, the French equivalent of TV Guide: "My children watch every segment of Dallas and Dynasty every week. Otherwise they would be out of it in school...